Peanut butter alert! Don't often see peanut butter in Japanese joints, especially not peanut butter ice cream. RM7 for each enjoyable scoop.

Sake is available, of course, as well as whiskey, but not wine.

Yamamomo,

F113, First Floor, Centrepoint, Lebuh Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya.

Tel: 03-7733-1220

Open daily for lunch & dinner.

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Ulric: heheh, ya, I like the pleasant chewiness of tsubugai too, tho I'm not sure I'm a fan of the tomatoey marinade they used here =) I'm also slowly but steadily growing to like chilled noodles, when they're firm and partnered with something flavorsome, heh :D ooh, yeah, we're lucky that anago is available at so many outlets now, from coco.tei to watami to ichiro to hinata ... just too bad it'll always cost more than unagi =)

Ulric: ooo, i think your yuzu idea would have worked better than the rather cloying tomato sauce. Hmmm, maybe yuzu something would have complemented the foie gras maki too instead of the mushy mango =) heh, ya, let's keep fingers crossed that some restaurant will someday offer a Japanese buffet that includes all-u-can-eat anago. But I'm a bit hungry tonite, so what I really want for supper is a warm bowl of anago don :D

Iamthewitch: true, sometimes sea urchin can taste a bit foul if it's not stored or prepared properly. but i generally enjoy it, heh =) oooh, i'm not really a fan of peaches or fruits, so i probably won't order it on a regular basis :D

Baby Sumo: ooh, well, the menu called it 'sumomo peach,' but it's more like a plum, since it's not very big. it was fairly juicy and mildly sweet and overall certainly enjoyable, but not really very memorable or distinctive =)

Are the Yamamomo prices lower than Kampachi? This is so near me but I never went. Wasn't too clear what they serve til you blogged about it hahaahaha.. One can never be sure nowadays with names, sometimes restaurants have fancy names that doesnt tally with their menu

TNG: maybe only slightly cheaper, but not noticeably cheaper =) yeah, this restaurant does seem quite ambitious, offering a lot of seasonal specialties and imported delicacies. but they get a decent dinner crowd, so hopefully their ambitions will be rewarded (though they definitely still need to fine-tune some things) =)

Waverly: i guess 1 utama is just the bigger/better option for folks who want variety in their shopping mall. plus, there's the multiplex at 1U :D heh, i'm an avocado fan, so that's one ingredient that i'll always gravitate toward in any cuisine. and yeah, in the end, maybe it's green tea ice cream that's the safest and wisest bet =)

The menu sure looks interesting! I like how they have uni chawanmushi.. hard to find around. The Cha soba looks pretty :DI wonder if they could sustain it.. especially since prices are pretty exey and Centre point is not always crowded.

Chiqess: ya, the menu here is quite wide, with a lot of unique items. the uni chawanmushi is definitely worth trying, and ya, the presentation for the cha soba is very nice :D i saw they had a good crowd for dinner during the weekend. hopefully, their customers will keep coming back =)